“May you live in interesting times.” English expression/Chinese curse
I didn’t expect to write about my life. I’m not exceptional, I haven’t traveled extensively, I don’t know many people, not very smart, and I don’t have any grand achievements to my name. However, I have lived through the most interesting times since… well, since before I was born. In utero, mankind took to the Moon for the first time, and then there was Woodstock, and the beginning of Sesame Street. And since my birth I’ve witnessed what life was like before Star Wars, the coming of the Computer Age, the fall of Communism in Europe, the September 11th attacks, the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the internet, and now, Artificial Intelligence, the rise of Trump, and the subsequent death of The United States of America that I know and once loved.
A book is probably in order, but the thought of writing a book scares me. It sounds like a lot of work. And then there’s that scene in The Time Machine… all books will eventually turn to dust. But digital?…..A website will grant me immortality, … as long as someone keeps the server going. Therefore, I will tell my life story in a website. I’ve built them in the past, that’s more my speed, and using tags, pictures, videos and links, I can tell a more complete tale than I could using a linear format.
It’s a work in progress with no schedule whatsoever. Over time, I plan on writing opinion pieces, updates on my life and work, and media reviews about the movies, music, and television that have been a huge part of my life.
Thank you for visiting. I’m Dave, I hope you enjoy my website.
These are a few pictures I’ve made over the years.
Dave’s Resume
I’ve got a Job, But I want a better one
If you are looking to expand your team with a highly motivated, ambitious, intelligent, and charming person such as myself, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
_gac_
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
Jetpack's built-in visitor analytics. It records page views, referring sites, search terms, and outbound link clicks, and also carries the shared visitor-tracking library used by Jetpack Instant Search and WooCommerce Analytics.
Stores a list of anonymous visitor IDs so they can be merged into one identity once a visitor is recognized.
Up to 5 years
tk_tc
Used once per page load to work out which cookie domain the Tracks library should use, then removed as soon as it's read back.
Session (deleted immediately after use)
tk_qs
Queues analytics events for Jetpack's Tracks library so none are lost if the page closes before they can be sent.
30 minutes
tk_ai
Stores a randomly-generated anonymous visitor ID so Jetpack's Tracks analytics library can link tracking events to the same visitor.
Session in wp-admin; up to 5 years on the frontend
SourceBuster is used by WooCommerce for order attribution based on user source.
Name
Description
Duration
sbjs_migrations
Technical data to help with migrations between different versions of the tracking feature
session
sbjs_current_add
Timestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s current visit to your store
session
sbjs_first_add
Timestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires)
session
sbjs_current
Traffic origin information for the visitor’s current visit to your store
session
sbjs_first
Traffic origin information for the visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires)
session
sbjs_udata
Information about the visitor’s user agent, such as IP, the browser, and the device type
session
sbjs_session
The number of page views in this session and the current page path
